[arch-general] kde4 tip - quicklaunch in your panel -- convenience at your fingertips!

[David C. Rankin]

On Thursday 22 October 2009 04:06:31 pm David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> On 10/22/2009 04:56 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > Archers,
> >
> > For those that haven't used the quicklaunch widget, you need to take a
> > look.
> 
> I like the concept very much, but I think it's a poor implementation.
> Have a little bar like that a) takes too much space, b) looks very
> cluttered, and c) it's hard to click on those little icons.
> 
> I much prefer adding a folder view onto the taskbar (with the folder
> consisting of nothing but links to .desktop files) as the icons all hide
> away nicely when you're not using them:
> 
> http://www.darose.net/KDE4FolderView.png
> 
> Course, this used to work much better under KDE3:
> 
> http://www.darose.net/KDE3QuickBrowser.png
> 
> I've got a bug filed to try to make KDE4 work the same way.
> 
> DR
> 

Dave,

I have had knock-down drag out fights with the KDE4 devs over the loss of the 
ability to add a subtree of your menu to the kicker in KDE4. The only problem 
I have with folderview to desktop files is you have lost the ability to expand 
into subfolders. I have a folderview in my kicker, but honestly after using 
the little icons in quick launch for a while -- and having all 22 of my 
favorites without the need to open a menu -- it kind of grows on you after a 
while ;-).

We WILL get the subtree option back at some point in the future. Here is the 
relevant post from the suse list:

<quote>

Listmates,

A big thanks to Will Stephenson for putting aside all the issues, shouldering 
the load, and doing the hard work of making kde4 better. Thanks.

Bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189583 is a case-study in all that is 
wrong with the kde4 bug reporting/fixing process. It somewhat uncomfortably 
shows a number of the obstacles that each kde4 bug must overcome before it can 
be resolved. (None of which are related to source code editing, compilation or 
debugging)

For nearly a year the biggest hang-up this bug faced was the petty infighting 
by a few of the kde devs over whether to classify this missing kde4 feature as 
a "Wish" or a "Bug" --- please...

Will finally waded in, took the reins, and got the job done. I haven't had the 
time to test it yet, but regardless, getting anything with kde4 fixed has 
seemed more a fist-fight and been more painful than sticking bamboo under your 
fingernails. It is like a breath of fresh air to see progress being made. 
Thanks Will, Sven, Stephan, Dotan and the rest of the kde4 folks I can't even 
begin to recall, for you tireless effort. KDE4 is getting there.

</quote>

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